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New hires, recruits and reorganization part of Hall Fire Services growth
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Members of recruiting class 38 check hoses Friday afternoon at the Hall County Fire Services training facility on Allen Creek Road. The 29 trainees in their next-to-last week of training were setting up for family night to eat and show their new skills. The next class should bring the department’s ranks up to the full compliment of 355, training officer Skip Heflin said. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Battling fires in front of a crowd of onlookers, Hall County Fire Department trainees looked ready for the real deal as they extinguished controlled car fires, structure fires and a propane blaze that shot 30 feet into the sky above the Allen Creek training facilities. The hires were funded to meet the staffing needs of a department set to operate a 16th station and ladder truck by April. In March, 16 more newly hired firefighters start training, available positions in the department will be filled, officials are happy to say.